As actors you're always going to take certain roles that are in your comfort zone and take ones that aren't.

I'm a kid that went to theater school. I thought I was going to be making my living doing plays regionally or in New York or on Broadway, and maybe if I got lucky I would do a movie here or there.

I like to just work with great directors.

I never feel more confident and comfortable than when I'm wearing a Tom Ford suit.

I don't care about the size of the roles, or how they're marketed or billed or anything like that. I would love to be a part of stories that tell us about where we've come from, where we are, where we're going - with great directors.

I want to work with anyone who's passionate about telling a story. I obviously have a list of people I really love, but it's a really long list.

To be honest with you, my physical state is usually dictated by the project I'm working on at a given time.

I can safely say that I had an incredibly difficult and trying past growing up and trying to be an artist and standing up as who I am in this world.

I think if you start to think too much about things that are completely out of control, it will just drive you crazy as an actor.

Activism isn't beautiful and easy, or a bunch of people getting together and picketing; it's a lot more complicated and difficult than that.

I don't think it's a bad thing to go out there and challenge yourself as an actor.

My personal life is a source of incredible happiness for me, but it's personal, and it's not for me to hock or shop around to the highest bidder.

I think every guy and girl would love to get to play Superman at some point in their life.

I'm from a very athletic family, and I thoroughly enjoyed sports as a kid, but acting was a way of expressing myself and having fun. It was something I found on my own.

For some reason, they always gave me a fat suit in high-school productions. If there was a character who needed to be robust, they gave me a fat suit, and I put on a silly voice.

There's a security, a validity of knowing that it's legal. It's hard to put into words. It's just a feeling, I guess - something about saying vows in front of the people around you who love and support you.

I have tunnel vision. I go out and try to get better each and every day.

One of our big duties as a player is not to dwell on the past and stay in the now because that's the only way you're going to continue to move forward and be successful.

Even if you're in a backup role, you've always got to prepare yourself.

From one week to the next, everything changes from who you're playing to the defense's scheme. You just try to build on the things that you did well and correct the things that you did poorly in the game; then, move forward from there and hopefully continue to get better and better and better as you move forward.

My father grew up in West Texas, in Lubbock, and I've got family here, and I grew up a Dallas Cowboy fan all my life.

It's been a childhood dream of mine to be a Cowboy, honestly.

I have big hopes and big dreams and aspirations to do great things in the NFL.

Everybody is allowed to have their own opinion.

Honestly, I have no ill will toward Kansas City or anything that happened here.

Anytime we can get the running game going it is a plus for me and it makes my job a lot easier.

I'm not trying to be Tom Brady. I'm just trying to be Matt Cassel.

I was in New England in 2007 for Spygate.

I think that's the genius part of what the Patriots do: They go above and beyond in identifying the issue and doing whatever they can to make sure it doesn't wreck the offensive plan.

I think the toughest job in football is always to be the starter, because everybody looks to you for guidance.

Personally, I always loved the 1 p.m. Sunday games.

You've probably heard from 100 different people that the Patriots are a game plan offense. Here's what that means: We're going to watch the defense specifically to identify their tendencies, what they do situationally and what their philosophy is.

I've said this time and time again: Dante Scarnecchia is the best offensive line coach in the NFL.

Without a lot of college film, a lot of people had written me off already. When the Patriots called, I was pretty happy.

Goal line is goal line. You go down there and it's the grit and grind of the game.

You can't play tentative.

There are definitely times when taking a sack is a better play than doing something else and trying to make a play when something is not there.

Your leader on the offensive line is your center, because the communication really takes place between him and quarterback.

You can't play scared.

I think as the quarterback of any NFL team, you put a tremendous amount of pressure on yourself to win ball games because that's what you're here to do and ultimately, that's what you want to do.

I work really hard and I take great pride in what I do.

There are guys throughout the NFL that get the chance one way or the other.

As a competitor, as a guy that wants to play, of course, it would be great to go out and play.

Nobody knows the future.

I love the Patriots. I love this organization.

You never know from week to week how one team is going to attack you versus another team.

There are a lot of things that you learn as a rookie and you grow the most, I would say as a rookie from your first year to your second year.

My rookie year in New England was mind-blowing.

I have a thing for brunettes.

So for me, it's just continue to go out and work hard and do what I've been coached and let the other guys take advantage of what they do successfully and then just let the chips fall where they may.